Cook stove or range.



U. M. GENTHNER.

000K STOVE OB. RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

1,052,239. Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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O. M. GENTHNER.

COOK STOVE OR RANGE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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SATES ATN CHARLES M. GEN'II-INER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOCULTER & PROC'IOR STOVE 00., 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

COOK STOVE OR RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4,1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs M. GENTH- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CookStoves or Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to cooking stoves or ranges, having for itsprincipal object a fire-pot arranged centrally with respect to the endsof the stove, on one side of which is arranged a reservoir and what iscommonly called a fireless cooker, and on the opposite side acompartment or broiling chamber and a receptacle receiving compartment,and an oven located immediately above or in proximity to 'the fire-pot;a baffle-plate being located between the top of the fire-pot and bottomof the oven to protect the oven bottom.

With the above and many other objects in View the invention consists inproviding a cook stove or range with an elevated oven, which is to saythat the oven is placed on what would ordinarily be the top of the stoveand locating the fire-pot just below the same. This arrangement makes itpossible to provide end top plates on opposite sides of the oven andprovide the body of the range proper with compartments which may havevarying uses. The bottom of the oven is spaced above the fire-pot andseparated therefrom by a baffle plate and between the baffle plate andoven bottom is an air circulating space connecting with similar aircirculating spaces on the sides and top of the oven, which also connectwith a flue at the rear of the range. The products of combustion fromthe fire-pot are de-' fiected to and beneath the end top plates by apreferably sinuous shaped flue strip around which such products ofcombustion must travel to the flue.

In the practical application of the invention it will, of course, beunderstood that changes in structural arrangements and de tails may beresorted to, but a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in theaccompanylng drawmgs, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rangeor stove embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 1s a vertical longitudinalsection through the range, the extreme upper portion shown in elevation;Fig. 3 is an end View of the range; Fig. 4 is a cross section on theline 44 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 1;Fig. 6 is a cross section of the water receptacle in the reservoir.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thefigures.

1 designates the casing of the main body portion of my improved stove orrange, which is preferably constructed of steel plate and rectangular inform. The top 2 is preferably spaced a suitable distance from the top ofthe fire-pot and compartments on either side thereof, forming a chamber3 for the travel of the products of combustion from the fire-pot. Thetop is provided with an enlarged centrally disposed rectangular openingeand with the oppositely disposed removable end top plates 5 andassociated removable lids 6.

The fire-pot 7 is located centrally of the range, with respect to itsend walls, as seen in Fig. 2, beneath which are the usual grate bars 8and below the grate bars the ash box 9 and removable ash pan 10. On oneside of 14: is suitably connected with said receptacle.

Both the reservoir 11 and the compartment 12 are provided with hingeddoors 15 and 16, see Fig. 1, and the receptacle 13 in the reservoir hasa spout 17 projecting into the space occupied by the door 15 so thatwater 1 may be easily poured into the receptacle upon opening said door.At the other end of the range and on the opposite side of the fire potand ash box are arranged compartments 18 and 19, similar to thereservoir 11 v and compartment 12. The compartment-1S would ordinarilybe used as a heating chamber, being provided with cleats 20 securedtothe opposite walls of said chamber to receive and hold suitable shelvingor plates; however, it is intended, to use this chamber, under certainconditions as a broiler. The appliances to go in'the compartment aredescribed hereinafter more in detail. The compartment 19 is preferablyused merely as a receptacle to hold pots or pans or a coal-bod, as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2. The compartments 18 and 19 each have hingeddoors 20 and 21 similar to doors 15 and 16, and 22 is a hinged door forthe ash box 9.

semi-funnel shaped portion 23 and lilzewise the front wall of thefire-pot has a similar wall 24, see Fig. 4, and the upper end of thesemi-funnel or flared portion 23 of the. front of the range is coveredby the hinged cover or cap 25, which is preferably hinged so as to beraised and lowered whereby the 1 fuel may be admitted to the fire-pot 1nan easy and convenient manner.

Located on the top of the stove or range and covering the rectangularopening 4, referred to, is the oven section 26. This section comprisesfront and rear walls 27 and 28, side or end walls 29 and the top 30supporting a warming oven 31 provided with a pivoted or hinged gate 32.The bottom wall of the oven section I shall refer to as the baffle-plate33 which is dished, its convex wall projecting in the direction of thefire-pot, and having its greatest depth centrally of and above the topof the fire-pot and within the chamber 3. The function of this baffleplate is to separate and cause the products of combustion to be directedtoward the opposite ends of the range and circulate beneath the end topplates, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2; also to protect the ovenbottom, as will be come apparent. The oven proper is designated as 34formed by the top and bottom walls 35 and 36 and the side walls 37,within the oven casing, see Fig. 2, so spaced and arranged with respectto the top and side walls of the oven casing and its baffle plate as toprovide an air circulating chamber 38 entirely around the oven andconnecting with air inlet openings 39 in the front wall 27 of the ovencasing just above the top of the range proper, as shown in Figs. 1, 4

and 5, also air inlet openings 40 in the rear wall 28 of the ovencasing, as seen in Flgs.

with a nipple or elbow 44 attached to the rear wall of the range proper,just. below its top and connecting with the chamber 3. It will beobserved that by placing the bottom 36 of the oven proper above thebalfle plate 33 that it isprotected and also leaves sufficient space forthe location of gas burners to be used in lieu of the fuel in thefire-pot. The baffle plate also protects the burners from becomingclogged and keeps them free from contact with the products ofcombustion. Air entering the openings 39 and 40 1 1 in the front andrear walls of the oven cas- The front wall of the range where itcoincides with the fire-pot has the flared or j To further insure auniform distribution of the products of combustion from the firepot 7beneath the end top plates 5, I provide a flue strip 45, having asinuous formation, preferably of the shape shown in-Figs. 4 and 5. Thisflue strip is located in the chamber 3, its main portion following theupper portion of the rear wall of the firepot 7 and has its ends bentforwardly and toward the sides of the range terminating approximatelycentrally beneath the end top plates 5, see dotted lines in Fig. 5. Itwill thus be observed that the products of combustion rising out of thefire-pot will be deflected laterally in opposite directions by thebaffle plate 33 and will travel to the opposite ends of the flue stripbeneath the front portions of the end top plates 5, around the fluestrip 45 and beneath the rear portions of the end top plates, to and outof the flue or pipe 43. If the circulation be too free it may be checkedby a damper placed in the flue or pipe 43, not shown. Such a damper isold and well known and it has not been thought necessary to show thesame.

The oven casing has an oven door 34 con necting with the oven proper 34.This door is preferably hinged at its lower opposite sides, as at 34 sothat the door upon being opened is lowered. With the front of the ovencasing brought close to the front edge of the range, the lowering of thedoor above the opening or covering for the fire-pot protect-s the personusing the oven from the heat rising or radiating from the fire-pot.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- K 1. A stove formedof a rectangular body,

having a fire-pot located centrally with respect to its ends andcompartments on the top of the stove immediately above the firepot, abaffle-plate interposed between th bottom of the oven proper and the topof the fire-pot, and a flue strip interposed be tween the top of theuppermost compartments and the top of the fire-pot on the one hand andthe baflie-plate on the other hand and terminating approximatelycentrally of the compartments on the opposite sides. of the fire-pot,whereby the products of combustion from the fire-pot will pass over theuppermost compartment-s, around the ends of the flue strip and into saidflue.

2. A stove formed of a rectangular body, having a fire-pot locatedcentrally with respect to its ends and superimposed compartments on theopposite sides of the said firepot, the top of said stove being spacedabove the top of said fire-pot and the tops of the uppermostcompartments to form a circulating chamber for the products ofcombustion, a flue connected with said chamber, an oven mounted on thetop of the stove im1nediately above the fire-pot, end top plates andassociated lids arranged in the opposite ends of the said top and abovesaid compartments, a baflie-plate interposed between the bottom of theoven proper and the top of the fire-pot and a flue strip interposedbetween the top of the uppermost compartments and the top of thefire-pot, on the one hand, and the baffle-plate, on the other handterminating approximately centrally of said f end top plates, wherebythe products of combustion from the fire-pot will be caused to travelbeneath the respective end top plates and associated lids, around theends of the flue strip and into said flue.

8. A stove formed of a rectangular body, having a firepot locatedcentrally thereof with respect to its ends and compartments on theopposite sides of said fire-pot, the front wall of the stove where itcoincides with the front of the fire-pot being flared, a hinged coverfor the upper end of said flared portion, the top of said stove beingspaced above the top of said fire-pot and the uppermost compartments toform a circulating chamber for the products of combustion, an ovenmounted on the top of the stove immediately above the fire-pot and thefront and rear walls of the oven casing provided with openings locatedimmediately below the bottom of the oven proper, the bottom top and sidewalls of the oven proper being spaced from the walls of the oven casingto form an air circulating chamber communicating with the openings inthe walls of the casing as aforesaid, a sinuous flue strip extendingacross the rear portion of the fire-pot and part way across theuppermost compartments and beneath the top of the stove for directingthe products of combustion to the opposite ends of the stove, and anupright flue communicating with the chamber which communicates with thefire-pot of the stove and also with the chamber surrounding the oven.

4. A stove having a fire-pot located centrally of said stove withrespect to its ends and having compartments on opposite sides of saidfire-pot, the top of the fire-pot and uppermost compartments beingspaced from the top of the stove to provide a chamber for the travel ofthe products of combustion, an oven casing supported on the top of thestove immediately above the fire-pot, the lowermost wall of said casingbeing dished and serving as a baflie-plate, the oven proper in saidcasing formed by upper, lower and side walls suitably spaced from thecorresponding walls of the oven casing to produce an air circulatingchamber around said oven, said chamber in its lower portion having airinlet openings in certain walls of the casing and said chamber in itsupper portion having an exit opening in one of the walls of said casing,a door for said oven hinged at its lower portion, an upright flueconnected with the chamber below the top of the stove and also with theexit opening in the chamber in the oven casing, and a flue strip forcausing the products of combustion from the fire-pot to travel to theopposite ends of the stove and around the ends of said flue strip to theupright flue.

5. A stove having a fire-pot, an oven mounted on the top of the stoveabove the fire-pot, said oven comprising a casing and the oven proper insaid casing spaced from the walls of said casing so as to provide an aircirculating space around the walls of the oven proper, the lower wall ofthe oven casing forming abaflle-plate between the fire-pot and thebottom of the oven proper and a sinuous flue strip extendinglongitudinally across said stove above said fire-pot to direct theproducts of combustion toward the opposite ends of the stove.

6. A stove having a firepot, an oven mounted on top of the stove andabove the fire-pot, said oven comprising a casing and an oven proper insaid casing spaced from the walls of said casing so as to provide an aircirculating space around the walls of the oven proper, the bottom wallor plate of the casing being dished or concaved and forming abaffle-plate between the bottom of the oven proper and the fire-pot anda sinuous flue-strip disposed longitudinally of the stove beneath thebaffle-plate and extending be 0nd said baffle-plate.

A stove having a fire-pot, an oven mounted on the top of the stove abovethe fire-pot, comprising a casing and an oven proper in said casingspaced from the walls thereof so as to provide an air circulating spacearound the walls of the oven proper,

a flue connected to said stove, the lower wall having air inlet openingsconnected with of said oven forming a baffle-plate between said aircirculating space. 10 said fire-pot and said oven proper, a sinuous Intestimony whereof afiix my signa- I flue strip between said bathe-plateand said ture, in presence of two witnesses.

fire-pot to direct the products of combus- CHARLES M. GENTHNER.

I. tion toward the ends of the stove, a wall of Witnesses:

the oven casing having an opening connect- JOHN DowNs, ed with said flueand another wall thereof A. R. ROBINSON.

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